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Circs vs Circa - What's the difference?

circs | circa |

As a noun circs

is .

As a verb circs

is (circ).

As a preposition circa is

approximately, about.

circs

English

Noun

(head)
  • (plurale tantum, informal) Circumstances.
  • * 2009 , Christopher Breen, " Subscriptions, Sonos, and the Second Coming", Macworld , 21 May 2009:
  • I'm covered as far as iPod and automobile go as I have a solid library of music I've ripped from CD and purchased. But music throughout the house is trickier. And, under normal circs , subscription is no answer.
  • * 2010 , Julie Burchill, " Spare us these pampered protesters who riot in defence of their privilege", The Independent , 16 December 2010:
  • Charlie Gilmour's father is an old Etonian poet; his stepfather a superannuated rock star worth around £78m whose most famous ditty insisted, somewhat amusingly under the circs , that "We don't need no education."
  • * 2011 , Joanna Trollope, " Royal wedding: is this a fairytale? No, it is the real thing", The Telegraph , 1 May 2011:
  • All this royal pomp and circs and magnificence and significance and sacred music and you are, quite rightly, your unaffected modern English selves.
  • * 2011 , Jennifer Peltz, " Defense: Fatal NYC tower fire a 'bad circumstance'", BusinessWeek , 14 June 2011:
  • "They were trapped in circs that they didn't know anything about, that they could not have foreseen

    Verb

    (head)
  • (circ)
  • English nouns

    circa

    English

    (wikipedia circa)

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviations)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • approximately, about
  • Usage notes

    * Used only before a date or measure, never after

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